Queens Park Community School
Location
Brent, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
LONDON NW6
Science Teacher
For September 2024
QPCS ethos is summed up by our vision statement based on our initials: Quality, Progress, Creativity and Success. QPCS is a successful school, rated good by Ofsted in December 2019.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated professional with drive and ambition to teach Science in our popular over-subscribed, mixed school of over 1300 students. We are committed to the highest of standards in all we do, and set ourselves challenging targets. We invest heavily in maintaining a high quality of teaching and learning which continues to impact upon the academic performance of our students.
Our aim is that all students achieve their full potential in every aspect of their school experience including our comprehensive range of curricular and extra-curricular subjects offered.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding teacher, well qualified to teach Science at Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. You will join a team of 17 teachers in a department that has 11 purpose-built laboratories. All KS4 students follow either the OCR Gateway combined science or separate sciences. We also have a large number of students who continue their studies on to A level.
We have a balance of specialist teachers in the department who teach across all key stages. This post would be suitable for an ECT. The school provides an extensive programme of support for early career teachers and many of our current staff completed their teacher training here.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the and person specification before making an application.
In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the school reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.
Our safeguarding practices prevent us from accepting CV’s.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
Further details and information about the School can be found on our website page.
A commitment to staff welfare and promoting QPCS core values is at the heart of this role.
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